I’m not sure whether it took nearly a week to identify the victim and inform her family, whether Amtrak police were slow about providing information or whether news organizations were slow to follow up, but it took nearly a week for anyone to update reports on the accident.

Four news organizations reported initially on the fatality. I found news stories in the Baltimore Sun (about 50 miles away), Cecil Daily (a newspaper in Elkton, Md., about 20 miles away), Havre de Grace Patch (website covering the town where the pedestrian was killed) and Dagger Press (a Harford County website calling itself “next-generation model of journalism”).

“Check back with The Dagger for more updates and information on this developing story.”

Commenters on my blog and on some of the stories identified themselves as friends or as a sister of the woman who died. After receiving the comment Wednesday evening, I looked for an update and no one in the media had yet updated the initial reports. I emailed an inquiry to the Havre de Grace police chief, who referred me to Amtrak police, who have not responded to my email.